Exploring the relative effectiveness of reading interventions for high school students

Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-175

  Lang, Laura ^a   Torgesen, Joseph ^a   Vogel, William ^b   Chanter, Carol ^c   Lefsky, Evan ^d   Petscher, Yaacov ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seminole County Public School   (United States)

^c Scholastic Education   (United States)

^d Florida Department of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent literacy; High school reading interventions; Randomized experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009547674     PISSN: 19345747     EISSN: 19345739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19345740802641535     Document Type: Article

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